Gail Goodrich

Kentucky’s Anthony Davis and Kansas’ Thomas Robinson have graced college basketball throughout this season, and tonight is their parting gift: a rare collision of consensus first-team All-Americans in the national championship game.

This marks the NCAA’s 74th title contest, but only the 12th to pit consensus All-Americans. Downright common in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, such matchups have gone into hibernation.

Tonight’s is the first since 1999 — Connecticut’s Richard Hamilton and Duke’s Elton Brand — and only the second in the last 25 years.

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